Typographical slug



L. C. TINSLEY.

TYPOGRAPHICAL SLUG.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 12, 1922.

1,427,706. Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

WITNESSES IN VENTOR 4 TTORIVEYS LOUIS C. TINSLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPQGRAPHICAL SLUG.

wiping} application m d May 16, 1921, Serial No. 470,128. Divided and this application filed January To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS C. TINSLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Typographical Elug, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact ClGSCIIP tion.

This invention relates to improvements in typographical slugs, and this application is a division of application Serial No. 470126, filed by me May 16, 1921, for a mold for a typographical slum An object of this invention is to proyide a slug comprising a plurality of sections fragilely connected at the type face so that said fragile portions can be broken away after the slugs are set up in a galley.

A further object is to provide a slug of the character stated which can be cast in any ordinary typographical machine, employing the ordinary matrices, hence, adding little, if any, to the cost of production and result ing in a vast improvement in the type setting art.

A further object is to provide a slug which is especially adapted for use in connection with the setting of tabulated matter, although my invention covers broadly a slug for any purpose, of any size having fragile connections at the type face between individual type or between a series of type so that the sections of the slug can be readily separated after the slug is in the galley for the reception of rules and the like.

W'ith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of my improved slug.

Figure 2 is a view in transverse section on the line .2-2 of Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 41 is a perspective view illustrating an assemblage of slugs in a galley and a means for separating or breaking away the fragile portions of the slugs between the see tions thereof.

Serial No. 528,735.

F igure 5 is a perspective view illustrating a modified form of slug.

Figure 6 is a view in transverse section on the line 6-6 of F lgure 5. c

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view in section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

My improved slug 1, indicated in Figures 1, 2, and 1, comprises a series of sections 2 which are connected at the type face and one side of the type face with integral fragile portions 3. v

These fragile portions 3 contain as little metal as is necessary-to hold the slug in proper formation during handling and assembling. d

The reason for this is to render the separation of the slug sections a comparatively easy task after the slug is in the galley, and I have illustrated in Figure 4 the manner of separating the slug sections in a galley 1. I employ a tool 5 having a blade 6 which is insertable into the recesses or spaces 7 between the slug sections and by forcing the blade across the slugs, the fragile portions 3 are broken away to permit a rule or rules,such as indicated at 8, to be inserted between the sections of the slug.

This form of slug is especially adapted for tabulating matter, although it can be readily seen that a slug of this character may be made with the sections as long or as short as desired, to separate sections containing individual type or any number of type, and my invention is not limited to the use to which the slug is to be put, nor to any relative length or proportions of sections or measurement of slug, but is broadly to the idea of a cast metal slug comprising sections having fragile connections at the type face thereof.

It is my purpose with my improved slug to cast the same in the machine ready for assembling having its sections of the proper length in accordance with the tabulated matter, and in my parent application above referred to I have disclosed a mold which is especially adapted for this use.

In the form of slug illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, the slug sections are shown spaced apart having; flat parallel adjacent walls and this is one form of slug, which is probably the best way to cast the same where a pica space is had between the sections. Nhere it is desired to secure a finer graduation, it is preferable to give at least one end of each mold section a stepped formation 9 as illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and T. This is accomplished simply by the difference in core used in casting the mold, as illustrated in my parent application above referred to.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described Without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended'claims.

I claim:

1. A cast metal slug, comprising sections fragilely connected adjacent their type faces.

2. A cast metal slug comprising sections, and integral fragile connections between the sections adjacent the type faces thereof.

3. A cast metal slug comprising sections, and integral fragile connections between the sections adjacent the type faces thereof, said fragile connections being at one side only of the slug.

4. The combination With a plurality of slugs, each slug comprising sections connected by fragile portions at their type faces and spaced apart, the spaces betweenall of the slugs being in alignment r-rherebt an instrument can be moved through the spaces to break the fragile portions after the'slugs are assembled.

LOUIS C. TINSLE Y. 

